Sweater



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Patented Mar. 2, 1943 T FEE SWEATER Charles Warshaw, Kingston, N. Y., assignor to Renart Sportswear Corporation, New York,

Application January 1, .1942, Serial No. 425,261

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to knit garments such as sweaters and the like, and, more particularly, to the means of connecting the sleeves of such garments to the main body portion thereof.

As practiced today, the sleeves are attached to the main body portion of a sweater either by fashioning the edges which are to be connected and sewing them together by hand, or by leaving the edges fashioned and sewing them together on a Merrow machine. The object of the present invention is to eliminate the expensive procedure of fashioning the edges and sewing them together by hand, while preserving the appearance of full fashioned seams. It is also an object of the present invention to reinforce the connections between the sleeves and the main body portion of the sweater where these connections are submitted to most strain, namely, under the arms. Other objects will appear from the specification which follows and the drawing accompanying it.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front View of a sweater embodying the present invention; Figure 2 is a cross section taken along the line 22' of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a top plan view of the detail shown in Figure 2, disclosing the inner side of the connection between the sleeves and the main body portion of the garment, as made under the arms; Figure 4 is a front view of a modification of the invention.

Referring to the figures in detail, and considering first Figures 1-3, I is the main body portion of a sweater, 2 are its sleeves, and 3 its neck portion. The connection between the main body portion I and the sleeves 2 is made up of an upper portion 4 going over the shoulders of the garment and a lower portion 5 going under the arms. This lower portion 5 comprises a knit tape 6 sewed onto the folded edges I of the main portion l and sleeves 2 along the stitches 8.

Referring now to Figure 4, the sweater has a more extended neck portion 3' which is connected to the main body portion I along curved seams constructed exactly like the seams 5 in Figures 1-3, and along the bottom seam l0 constructed exactly like the seams 4 in Figures l-3.

It will be observed that the main body portion l is knit in the so called Jersey style, while the neck portions 3 and 3' are ribbed, as well as the introduction of the tapes 6.

belt portion of the main body portion and the ends of the sleeves, none of which is designated by any numerals as these are standard structures. lhe tapes 6 will also appear ribbed. They are flat knit which make their edges smooth. Although the surface of the seam 5 appears on Figure 2 as if it were uneven, with a depression below 5, actually this is not so, the ribbing of the tape 6 coming up to cancel this apparent depression. The seam 4 is formed in the standard manner by sewing the edges of the main portion I and the edges of the sleeves 2 on a Merrow machine. The seams 5, on the other hand, although machine sewed, give the appearance of being full fashioned. Moreover, the connections between the sleeves 2 and the main body portion I, under the arms, are reinforced by the It would not be practical to extend this reinforcement to the portionof the seams going over the shoulders, because it would deprive the connections of some of their elasticity. Besides, reinforcement is only desirable under the arms, not over the shoulders.

What has been said about the seams 5 evidently applies also to the seams 9 of Figure 4.

Obviously, many changes within the scope of the present invention may be made by those skilled in the art, and it is to be understood that the examples given above are merely illustrative of the invention.

In particular, it should be noted that although the scams 9 are shown only on the front of the sweater, obviously, the same arrangement and structure may be applied on the back.

I claim:

A sweater comprising a main body portion and sleeves connected thereto along seams, the portion of said seams extending over the shoulders of the sweater being formed by the sewed together edges of said main body portion and of said sleeves, while the remaining portion of said seams, extending under the arms, comprises a tape knit strip having transverse elasticity and longitudinal resistance to stretching, said strip being secured along one edge to the sleeve and along its opposite edge to the main body portion, the strip being the sole connecting means under the arm.

CHARLES WARSHAW. 

